Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-05
OFF With TIE OLD.
The National Capitol a Scene Of Ac-
tiyity as the ForIy-Ninth Con-
gress Passes into History.
Congressman CulbersOn Succeeds in
Passing His Judiciary Bill Curtail-
ing tie Power Of Federal Cour.S.
\ Number of Bills Fail TO Become Laws
through Failure of Signature-CuI-
firmati1ns-Th Record Made
LAST MINUTES

LAST MINUTES.
Special to the Gazette
WASHINGTON, March The closing
hours Of Congress we're cdaraGteriz d by
d drowsy feeliug, and the dryest Jokes
elected laughter. There was hurryins
and sCurrying of pages, and wild desire
on the part of members to get recognition
| from the Speaker, but through al abe
confusion good nature prevailed, and
when the hour of adjournment ar
! rived the House presented merry
scene. Many members were on the floor
/ to give parting goodbye TO the defeat
! ed candidates and Offer them cold sym
! PATTY. For three hours the floor wss &C.
cupied by departing members making
( final preparation of departure, and to-
night the outgoing trains are heavily
freighted with congressman returning
home to explain how it was they could
not pass bills in which their constituents
were chiefly interested.
{ The Senate corridors and galleries were
crowded almost to suff1cation. In the
galleries, even the aisles were packed,
and hundreds stood without eDdeavOring
! to peep over the shoulders Of those in
| front. When the news was circulated
J luda VIC L IGSlGtIG LAu lei. iHG W DlLb
/ House for the Capitol, there was d sway
| in OF the croTd in tae corridors snd
general rush to the lower floor
| to get 4 sight, of the Chief Magistrate
Policemen were stationed all aloug the
Senate wing to prevent C rush on the
: President AS the minutes wore on aux
{ ious Inquiries as to the whereabouts OF
the President We're exchanged among
: nd ra,,,sa II
/ their way through the mass of humanity
in the maiu COrTidor,and eagerly inquired
if III President had arrived The fesr
that some Ct the important bills might
fail because of his non-arrIvai or his de
1eU:iCn from some cause became general,
aud anxiety vas deDicred upon many
coun;enauca. AZ the miHu;e ha0d III the
clock stole OF toward - this
fear increased, but il WAS somewhat
r lieved hT the old expedieut of turning
back tae haud. At three minutes 10 II
by the Senato's clcck which had been
turned back fitseu minutes, Senator
Sherman and Saujsoury, the committee
appointed TO wait on the President, TN
nOunced that he had no further commu-
nicatiOn, and Senator Ingalls, briefly pre-
claimed that the hour OF final adjourn
ment had arrived. and with rap of the
gaveI he declared the Senate adjourned
sine die.
THE JUDICIARY BILL.
special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Py dint OF
hard work the Cul5erson Judicial bill
passed the House as amended BY the
Senate at O'Clock this morning. The
hearing OF this nill will give general sat
isfactiOn throughout the country. Its
provisions are too well known to need
recital here. The amendments put on in
the Senate 90 not materially change the
effect of the original bill but aTe liz b4r-
mony with its objects, which are to limit
the jurisdiction of the United States
courts and regulate the removal of cases
from state to federal courts. The
minimum amount OF the juris-
dictinu Of the court Is fixed
81 $4,000 instead of $500 es now
q tabished. The assignees Of cases IA
action ere not permitted to bring suit IN
the | lited Safes courts unless sui
cGUld have been obtained if no assign
ment had been made. In relation to the
removal Of causes the bill, as amenden,
stands az originally designed, the rlgh. 10
remove from the state to the Federal
court is limited to the defendant in the
case, except on account OF prejudice,
which the bill requires to be es-
tabhshed before the court into which
the case is removed. The bill
also provides that receiverships of rail
roads shall be administered according to
the law Of the state in which they are To-
Gated, and that it shall not be necessary
to obtain the permission Of the circuit
Judge to allow suits to be brought against
the receivers, but suits may be brought
in any court OF competent iuris-
diction the bill also provides
that the National Banking Association
for judicial purposes Shall De considered
citizen Of the Illce where the aSsocis-
ton is located. The law of 1852 is ex-
tended so as to embrace suits sgaiGst as
well as by national banks. NeDotism
heretofore practiced by Federal judges
is rebuked and it is made unlawful for
8 circuit or district judge 10 appoint
their relatives - any position under
either.
This measure is one to which NJ
CulDerson has given years OF careful at
tention and study, ana it is due
mainly to his efforts that
it has finally become law. The
bill covered twenty pages. 1t
was enrolled and sent to the President at
. O'Clock this morning, who gave notice
at 10 O'Clock that he had signed it. Mr..
Culoerson, practically, did not take mis-
eye off of the bill after It's passage until
it was safe in the hands of the President.
1t was among the last measures to re
ceive the executive approval and was
fitting final to the legislative cares in the
Forty -ninth Congress of D. B. CulbersOn,
probably the next chairman of the iudici-
arY committee.
REAGAN'S LAST WORK
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 4-Congressmsn
Resgan wss in the House all night and
made several attempts to get the Atlantic
and Pacific Rail way bill up, but all to no